Fine Motor Activities for Preschool Grade 1 Scissor

Fine Motor Activities for Pre-school - Grade 1 Scissor skills Bilateral Coordination skills Pre-writing skills Fine Motor control Sensory Activities

Scissor Skills Projects to Try • Cut straws into pieces and make a necklace • Cut out clothes for stick people made with craft sticks • Folding paper into fourths • Cut basic shapes with crinkle cut scissors • Threading with buttons, macaroni etc. • Make a rainbow by cutting the colored arched strips • Complete a 4 -6 turn maze

Bilateral Coordination Skills to try • Use peg boards • Lacing cards • Building with Legos , Tinker toys etc. . • Tear lettuce for a salad • Tear construction paper for a collage • Peeling stickers • Spread icing on cupcakes • Make bead necklaces • Doing puzzles

Pre –Writing Skills to Try String letter beads to form name Trace letters in shaving cream Push beads onto pipe cleaner Form letters with wiki sticks Use clothespins to pick up objects Use cheerios or fruit loops cereal and slide over a toothpick • Form lines and shapes with pipe cleaners • Use tweezers or tongs to pick up objects • Trace sandpaper letters • • •

Fine Motor Control • Button or unbutton large buttons on clothing • Use a hole punch to cut out designs • Learn to tie shoes • Build complex shapes (towers, bridges, pyramids etc. . . ) with blocks or other materials • Screw various size lids onto containers • Practice coloring in the lines • Simple food prep (measuring, stirring etc. ) • Reel a fishing pole • Trace around hand with pencil or crayon • Draw a person with at least 6 body parts

Sensory Activities to Try • Finger painting coloring pages or picture • Popping large bubble wrap • Planting flowers or plants in a garden • Drawing in sand • Washing dishes • Playing with sensory bins • Drawing or tracing in rice, lentils, beans, cous • Playing with a musical instruments • Playing with bread dough, playdough etc.